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by mkeyhani 2903 days ago
The backwards induction argument assumes the time of execution is a discrete variable.

However, at least as far as we know, time seems to be continuous.

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What about a scenario that describes an event occurring during a discrete amount of time during a set length of time? For example: A teacher says that he will give the class a surprise pop quiz at the beginning of class some day next week. How does reverse induction fail here?